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One of the things I do every week is upgrade all of FrontierNav's dependencies to make sure things don't go out of date and become a pain to fix later on. In FrontierNav's last weekly, I mentioned how I "organised build configuration". For example, I moved my eslintrc.json to its own eslint-config package which I extend from and I moved all relevant dependencies to reduce the clutter in my root package.
This week, it turns out doing that triggered a bug in Yarn v1 where it gets confused about internal dependencies. I think it's this bug, but there's a lot of similar ones. A rollback to an older version of Yarn fixed that issue, but it caused me to waste a lot of time figuring out the problem, which I still don't know the root cause of.
My initial attempt was to upgrade to Yarn v2, which I avoided as it overhauled NodeJS's dependency resolution and just looked like a giant bundle of workarounds and hacks. I gave it the benefit of the doubt, but I hate to say that I was right in my impressions. Yarn v2 may provide smoother dependency management, but the amount of caveats and things to learn on top of NodeJS's systems is ridiculous. Sure you can just follow the installation docs and be ignorant to what it does (i.e. "magic"), but there's this constant feeling that your entire project is built on a house of cards.
When using Yarn v2, you need to know that you're using Yarn v2 whenever you're dealing with any dependency resolution, including your own IDE. That's on top of Babel, Webpack and NodeJS which do their own resolutions. I learnt a long time ago with Webpack, not to get too smart with dependency resolution, for the sake of long term maintenance and compatibility with tooling, so it's a major red flag for me when something veers off from NodeJS's defaults, which itself is now having to figure out compatibility with JavaScript's import statement.
I ended up taking a good look at my collapsed house of cards and rolled it back to the house of cards that was working before. That is, an older version of Yarn that didn't fall apart yet. I basically gave up. Which sucks.
Was I doing something wrong here? I looked at some projects that use Yarn v2 and I can safely say, no. Take for example Babel, one of the cornerstones of JavaScript development. They use Yarn v2 and have a dedicated "patches" folder to work with Lerna, which is another dependency management tool. Oh no.
TypeScript and JavaScript shouldn't need all of this complexity. I should just be able to:
import { thing } from "https://example.com/[email protected]/module.ts";
Which is a Web Standard now. No manual package.json maintenance needed.
Deno does this but it's an entirely new runtime so none of the existing NodeJS tooling, like Webpack, will work on it. Deno and Yarn v2 are similar in that way. But while Yarn v2 tries to keep existing tooling working by adding more on top of it, Deno does away with all of it to provide a consistence experience.
Deno has been on my radar for years now, but I can't afford to jump onto a somewhat niche platform. Is it maintained by hobbyists? Does it have enough funding? I don't know. It has a lot of its own caveats since it's so new. So I guess I'll continue waiting until it becomes more popular and irons out a few more features or until something better arrives.


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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
2016 | Dance | United States
to support the participation of members of Cloud Gate 2 in the 2016 Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center in October 2016
2008 | Dance | Taiwan
for Indonesian dancer Danang Pamungkas to apprentice with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
For participation in a project undertaken by Brooklyn Academy of Music
On the occasion of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan's 40th anniversary, internationally renowned choreographer Lin Hwai-min created RICE, inspired by the energy and resplendence of Chihshang in the East Rift Valley of Taiwan, home of "Emperor's Rice." Accompanied by Hakka folk songs and operatic arias, against a video backdrop spanning the life cycle of a rice paddy, the formidable Cloud Gate dancers celebrate the earth that has nurtured "Asia's leading contemporary dance theatre."
In celebration of his company's 40th anniversary in 2013, Lin created Rice to honor the land that has nurtured "Asia's leading contemporary dance theatre" (The Times, London). It was inspired by the energy and resplendence of Chihshang in the East Rift Valley of Taiwan, home of "Emperor's Rice." The piece is set to the music of Hakka folk songs, the oldest among the existing Chinese dialects; operatic arias; and sounds from the fields against a video backdrop that depicts the life cycle of rice.
Performance / Taiwan
雲門舞集《水月》
November 10, 2016 - November 20, 2016
林懷民經典之作2016年雲門舞集獨家劇場演出四百度專屬空間,濃縮千人大劇場的感動,水花飛濺中,舞者炙熱的體溫與激盪的脈搏,彷彿觸手可及。看過再多《水月》,都不能取代淡水雲門劇場的《水月》。11/13 .17演後舉辦【林懷民答客問】。
表演時間:
20:00 | 11/10-11/11,11/17-11/18(四,五)
15:00 | 11/12-11/13,11/19-11/20(六,日)
Grantee: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
雲門舞集《流浪之歌》
林懷民風靡全球,各地舞迷為之傾倒,為其澎湃謳歌代表作。印度故事,台灣稻穀,喬治亞的歌,浪跡天涯的黃金之舞,喧囂嘈雜的時代,用九十分鐘感受此生中前所未有的寧靜,像那穿過菩提葉隙,落在額頭上的陽光給你無比安慰。11/24演後舉辦【林懷民答客問】。
20:00 | 11/24-11/25(四,五)
15:00 | 11/26-11/27(六,日)
Cloud Gate 2 Triple Bill
The sister company of internationally celebrated Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Cloud Gate 2, performs in the UK for the first time with a triple bill in the Sadler's Wells main house from Monday 21st – Wednesday 23rd November. The company presents the country's most talented emerging dancers and choreographers. With their dance, they aim to break down cultural barriers and reach more audiences around the world.
Songs of the Wanderers
Lin Hwai-Min, director of Cloud Gate, created Songs of Wanderers back in 1994, basing it on ideas of religious practices across Asia, particularly the idea of pilgrimage in search of enlightenment. It is regarded as a signature work for the company which encapsulates many of their particular skills and qualities – the dancers train in meditation and martial arts as well as dance. The work uses a cast of over twenty though Lin Hwai-Min seldom deploys all his forces at once, preferring a more concentrated effect. It's an ensemble piece with few solos and all the cast have great focus and control. The women look particularly powerful and strong, never passive.
Cloud Gate 2: A Triple Bill
February 7, 2017 - February 8, 2017
The much-anticipated Singapore debut of Cloud Gate 2, featuring many of Taiwan's most talented young dancers and two award-winning choreographers.
Reputed for their potent technique and polished skill, the sister company of the internationally celebrated Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, presents three riveting dance works by innovative Taiwanese choreographers Cheng Tsung-lung and Huang Yi.
13 Tongues
Inspired by vigorous vitality of the oldest district in Taipei — Bangka, 13 Tongues is "ultra-Taiwanese, mesmerizing, wild and awesome (PAR Magazine)" with dancers stomp and clap with rhythms, chant Taoist mantra, whirl around and move across the stage, presenting a bizarre spectrum of physical movements.
This is Cloud Gate's 22nd Annual Free Outdoor Performances with CHENG Tsung-lung's 13 Tongues performed by Cloud Gate 2.
Thirteen Tongues, a legendary figure in the 1960s from Bangka - the oldest district and once the most prosperous area in Taipei - was the nickname for the street artist lauded for his remarkable acts portraying multiple roles, imitating characters of male, female, old and young, telling stories and anecdotes of the past and present.
Grantees: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Cheng Tsung-Lung
FORMOSA by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Formosa: the Beautiful. In the 16th century, when approaching the coast of a verdant island, the Portuguese sailors exclaimed with admiration, "Formosa," later to be the former name of Taiwan. Inspired by the abstract beauty born from land and lore, Lin Hwai-min's new creation FORMOSA for Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan uses gesture, script and song to create a lustrous universe--a playground of love and life, mediated by tragedy, hope, and rebirth--against a backdrop projected with Chinese characters coming together and breaking down like waves to imply writing as a precarious vehicle for memories. A coproduction of National Performing Arts Center – National Theater & Concert Hall, Taiwan, R.O.C.; National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Taiwan, R.O.C.; Sadler's Wells, London, UK; Theatre de la Ville – Paris, France; and Carolina Performing Arts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; FORMOSA is already scheduled to be presented in USA, Germany, UK, France, Portugal, Russia and more in 2018 and 2019.
Performance / United States
FORMOSA: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
In the 16th century, gazing out from the decks of ships off the coast of Southern China, Portuguese sailors saw it: a great green mass, thick with mountains and trees, rising from the sea. "Formosa!" they exclaimed—"beautiful!"—anointing the verdant place that would come to be known as Taiwan.
Lin Hwai-min and his Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan take that appraisal as inspiration for their own work of abstract beauty born from land and lore.
Using gesture, script, song and other elements from the island as raw material, Lin and dancers create a lustrous, transfigured sphere in which only the universal remains— a playground of love and life, mediated by tragedy, hope, and rebirth.
Grantees: Lin Hwai-Min, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
From: Taiwan
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Diphtheria deaths in Indonesia spark immunization campaign
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia is immunizing millions of children and teenagers against diphtheria after the disease killed 38 people, mostly children, since January.
Children in school uniforms and toddlers clinging to their parents received shots at a high school in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, on the first day of the campaign Monday.
Diphtheria is a bacterial disease that can cause breathing difficulties, heart failure and paralysis. It was more or less eradicated in Indonesia in the 1990s but health officials say it has re-emerged in the past four years because immunization rates have dropped, partly reflecting fears about vaccines.
The first stage of the $112 million campaign aims to vaccinate 8 million people under the age of 19 in Jakarta and the populous provinces of Banten and West Java.
The outbreak is "likely due to some people refusing immunization which causes their children's antibodies and resistance to be low," Health Minister Nila Moeloek said after visiting a hospital where more than more than 30 diphtheria patients were being treated.
She said there could be a variety of reasons why increased numbers of parents are refusing immunizations.
The disease disappeared during the three-decade rule of Indonesian dictator Suharto when a family education program sent volunteers such as the wives of government officials into villages where they talked to mothers about nutrition and sanitation and reminded them about national immunization days.
The program was abandoned after Suharto's ouster in 1998, and a subsequent decentralization of government in Indonesia has complicated the work of health officials. Rumors that vaccinations are dangerous and violate Islamic law have also gained currency in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
The result, according to Elizabeth Jane Soepardi, who oversees immunization policy at the Ministry of Health, is that immunization rates dropped in some communities.
"I didn't even know about immunization," said Satiyah, a 46-year-old mother of three whose adult son is being treated in an isolation ward for diphtheria after developing fever and nausea.
"None of my children has been immunized since birth," said Satiyah, who goes by one name. She said now that she risks losing her son she will allow her 15-year-old daughter to be immunized.
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Frank Deford's 1,656th Commentary : NPR Extra On May 3rd, 2017, Frank Deford shared that this will be his final regular commentary for NPR.
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In 1980, Frank Deford voiced his first commentary for NPR, launching an incredible run that had him filing, as of this week, 1,656 of his signature insights into the world of sports and the human stories that weave through the world of competition. And on today's Morning Edition, he shared that this will be his final regular commentary for NPR.
When we asked him about this decision, he said, "The wonderful thing about delivering sports commentary on NPR was that because it has such a broad audience, I was able to reach people who otherwise had little or no interest in sport –– especially as an important part of our human culture. Nothing made me happier than to hear from literally hundreds of listeners who would tell me how much the commentaries revealed about a subject they otherwise had never cared much for. I'll forever be grateful to NPR that they gave me such extraordinary freedom.... It was 37 years of a fond relationship."
Frank came to NPR when the network was in its infancy. For almost four decades, Frank's signature commentaries have brought listeners to that crossroads in American life where sports and culture meet. In doing so, with wit and enthusiasm, he often caught the attention of an audience that didn't necessarily give the sporting world a lot of thought, at least not until Frank gave them a reason to, every Wednesday morning. For Frank, there was a sense of mission in this, "sport is an art, it has incredible appeal everywhere on this earth, and it fills so many human hearts with passion, that it's impossible to dismiss."
From the Super Bowl as Shakespeare to the Sports Curmudgeon, to his regular castigating of the NCAA over how it treats its student athletes, to America's complicated love affair with the NFL, Frank made every week memorable. Along the way, Frank has been recognized with a range of honors for his work, including becoming the first person from the world of sports to receive the National Humanities Medal, which was awarded to him by President Obama.
Tom Goldman notes, "I became NPR's first full time sports reporter in 1998, and I owe Frank a debt of gratitude. He'd spent the previous 18 years entertaining and educating our audience through commentary. An unintended consequence: he prepared them for what I would do covering sports as a beat. I tried to extend what he was doing on Wednesdays....in a different form....by reporting the meaning of sports, the connections with society, the humor and drama of sports and eschewing, for the most part, the x's and o's. Frank set the standard starting in 1980 – It's a standard I still adhere to today."
Wednesday's sports commentaries will continue in the weeks and months ahead, but the world of sports on NPR will never be the same.
Sarah Gilbert is the Executive Producer of Morning Edition
Chris Turpin is NPR's VP of News Programming and Operations
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New National Recording Registry entries include Etta James, The Who and Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner
Etta James.
By Natasha T. Metzler
· June 9, 2009 3:31 pm
Washington » Twenty-five culturally significant recordings -- including a 70-year-old radio broadcast of Marian Anderson's recital at the Lincoln Memorial, Dylan Thomas reading of "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and Winston Churchill's post-World War II speech that coined the term Iron Curtain -- will be preserved in a special sound archive.
Every year the Librarian of Congress selects sound recordings to include in the National Recording Registry. This year's batch, being announced Wednesday, also includes signature performances from several artists such as Etta James' "At Last!," The Who's "My Generation" and Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner doing their 2000-year-old man routine.
The recordings are nominated by members of the public and a panel of music, sound and preservation experts, the library's National Recording Preservation Board. The panel also aids the librarian in selecting what recordings to add to the archive.
With the new recordings, the archives will include 275 fragments of sound.
The 2008 additions to the registry are:
» "No News, or What Killed the Dog," Nat M. Wills (1908)
» Acoustic Recordings for Victor Records, Jascha Heifetz (1917-1924)
» "Night Life," Mary Lou Williams (1930)
» Sounds of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (1935)
» "Gang Busters" (1935-1957)
» "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," Andrews Sisters (1938)
» "Que e Que a Bahiana Tem?" Carmen Miranda (1939)
» NBC Radio coverage of Marian Anderson's recital at the Lincoln Memorial (April 9, 1939)
» "Tom Dooley," Frank Proffitt (1940)
» "Uncle Sam Blues," Oran "Hot Lips" Page, accompanied by Eddie Condon's Jazz Band. V-Disc (1944)
» The Mary Margaret McBride Program, Zora Neale Hurston and Mary Margaret McBride, (Jan. 25, 1943)
» "Sinews of Peace" (Iron Curtain) Speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., Winston Churchill (March 5, 1946)
» "The Churkendoose," Ray Bolger (1947)
» "Boogie Chillen," John Lee Hooker (1948)
» "A Child's Christmas in Wales," Dylan Thomas (1952)
» "A Festival of Lessons and Carols as Sung on Christmas Eve in King's College Chapel, Cambridge," King's College Choir; Boris Ord, director (1954)
» "West Side Story," original cast recording (1957)
» "Tom Dooley," the Kingston Trio (1958)
» "Rumble," Link Wray (1958)
» "The Play of Daniel: A Twelfth-Century Drama," New York Pro Musica under the direction of Noah Greenberg (1958)
» "At Last!," Etta James (1961)
» "Rank Stranger," Stanley Brothers (1960)
» "2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks," Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1961)
» "The Who Sings My Generation," The Who (1966)
» "He Stopped Loving Her Today," George Jones (1980)
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Census: Four consecutive years of income increases, poverty decreases, but inequality among states grows
Income inequality in the U.S. reached its highest level in 2018 since the U.S. Census Bureau started tracking it in 1967, according to a report that analyzes wealth distribution.
According to the bureau, the 2017-2018 data reveals that median household incomes for family households increased for four consecutive years. During the same period, the poverty rate also declined for four consecutive years.
"In 2018, for the first time in 11 years, the official poverty rate was significantly lower than 2007, the year before the most recent recession," the report states.
Between 2017 and 2018, the real median earnings of all workers increased by 3.4 percent.
From 2017 to 2018, 14 states reported increases in real median household income, with Maine reporting a decrease of 3.3 percent.
According to the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS), median household income also rose between 2017 and 2018 for 10 of the 25 most populous metropolitan areas. Median household income in 2018 ranged from $107,898 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Metro Area to $54,912 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area.
Despite income gains, poverty rate decreases, the longest economic expansion the U.S. has ever seen, and historic low unemployment rates, 9 states still saw spikes in income inequality, the report notes.
The nine states are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Texas and Virginia.
The most wealth was concentrated in Washington, D.C., New York, Connecticut and California, the report adds, with widespread poverty still plaguing Louisiana.
States with the greatest level of income equality were Utah, Alaska and Iowa, the report found.
The Census Bureau first began measuring income equality in 1967 using the Gini index, among other tools. The index measures wealth distribution in a single household across a population, with zero representing total income equality and 1 representing total inequality. More than 50 years ago, the Gini index was 0.397. In 2018, it was 0.485.
The number of families earning $15,000 or less has fallen since 2007, according to the bureau, while the number of households bringing in $250,000 a year or more grew by more than 15 percent.
The nation's median household income topped $63,000 in 2018. However, after adjusting for inflation, this income level is nearly the same as it was 20 years ago, the report notes.
The report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality and poverty in the U.S. based on information collected in the 2019 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Comparing the 2017 ACS with the 2018 ACS is not an exact comparison of economic conditions in 2017 and 2018, the bureau emphasizes.
To narrow the income gap, Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both proposed a wealth tax to increase the minimum wage.
"There should be no billionaires," Sanders tweeted when he announced his plan. "We are going to tax their extreme wealth and invest in working people."
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As Capital in the 21st century, a recent book by economist Thomas Piketty, remains sold out across bookstores around the world – income inequality has shown to be a major concern both among citizens and policymakers. However, little attention has been given to a mechanism closely related to income inequality, but perhaps even more tangible to us – social mobility (although social mobility can encompass a broader definition including moving social classes, now it is mostly defined as income mobility).
How likely are you to surpass the income of your parents, to create your own story of success? One would like to believe this probability is neutral of the place we were born to (especially if we are considering a developed country such as the U.S.), that our effort and motivation if strong enough would be sufficient to go from the projects in Detroit to a loft in Manhattan. A recent paper by Chetty et al., puts this under question showing the U.S. is a Land of Opportunity for only a few geographically concentrated areas .
Often popularly called the American Dream would imply that all children have equal opportunity, i.e. a child's chances for success should not depend on his family background. Using administrative federal income tax records on the incomes of more than 40 million children and their parents between 1996 and 2012, Chetty et al. describe the main features of intergenerational mobility in the United States, showing that the American Dream is more of an optimistic idea rather than an American reality .
Intergenerational mobility varies substantially across specific smaller geographical areas (commuting zones, CZ). For example, the probability that a child reaches the top quintile of the national income distribution starting from a family in the bottom quintile is 4.4% in Charlotte but 12.9% in San Jose. As the main empirical analysis tool, they measure absolute upward mobility at the 25th percentile (expected rank of children from families at the 25th percentile of the income distribution) where mobility is defined as the slope of this rank-rank relationship, which identifies the correlation between children's and parents' positions in the income distribution.
Although their primary measure is absolute upward mobility, they find it is highly correlated with relative mobility. Picture 1 shows the spatial distribution of absolute upward mobility across the U.S. where we can see that mobility is lowest for children who grew up in the Southeast and highest in the Mountain West and the rural Midwest (comparable to Canada and Denmark).
Additionally they study the relationship between parent income and two intermediate outcomes for children, college attendance and teenage birth, to show that much of the difference in intergenerational mobility across areas emerges while children are teenagers, i.e. before they enter the labor market as adults.
There exists variation in both intermediate outcomes and the variation is highly correlated with the variation in the intergenerational income mobility. For example, as picture 2 shows, college attendance rates for children with parents at the 25th percentile vary from less than 32.4% in bottom decile of CZs to more than 55.6% in the top decile of CZs. Also, teenage birth rates for female children whose parents are at the 25th percentile vary from less than 15.4% in bottom-decile of CZs to more than 29.4% in the top decile.
Finally they explore potential explanations by correlating the spatial variation in mobility with five observable characteristics: segregation (areas that are more residentially segregated by race and income have lower levels of mobility), inequality (more inequality also means less mobility), education (proxies for the quality of the K-12 school system are positively correlated with mobility), social capital (higher levels of networks and community involvement positively correlated with mobility), family structure (mobility is significantly lower in areas with weaker family structures such as more single mothers).
Even though they stress that these descriptive analysis do not imply a causal effect of neighborhoods or differences in the characteristics of people living in those neighborhoods, a followup paper by Chetty and Hendren (2014) shows that a substantial portion of the spatial variation is driven by causal effects of place by studying families that move across areas with children of different ages.
Ria Ivandic is Research Assistant at Economics Department. Master in Economics at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics; Bachelor in Economics, University of Zagreb.
Morten Graugaard Olsen is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics at Harvard University and holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen. His areas of specialization include international economics, banking, contract theory, growth theory.


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Here it is you guys, my second style post for the site, and my first one alone! Saturday morning before we headed downtown for the afternoon I gathered my courage and my tripod and headed down the street solo. It is so nerve wracking posing in front of the camera by yourself, especially as handfuls of people jog by you. I honestly didn't realize we had that many joggers in our neighbourhood, haha!
I am loving this oversized tunic from Pink Blush, it is nice and light and super flowy. It's perfect for that post baby body or even early pregnancy. Paired with my Aritzia leggings and it is the perfect out and about outfit for this mama. I'm sad to say it appears to be sold out but they have a tone of other cute tunics on their site and some are at amazing prices right now, you can find them all here. I can't wait to see what they bring in for spring as I am loving the pieces I have so far!
That is a really cute top — your whole outfit is great! I love flowy tops like that. And good for you and doing this by yourself. Your pictures came out great!
I love that top! It's so cute and looks great on you. I really like how you paired it with those pants too. I think this is an excellent style post! I'm going to check out their site. Thanks!
Amazing and the pictures turned out awesome.


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I'm trying to figure out how long it took Rome's Senators to reach Germanicus in October 14 AD. It's been bugging me that the timeline is too quick, but it turns out the ancient road from Rome to Germany was almost all downhill or flat! Evidently, less than 11% of it was actually uphill, over the Alps.
The first 300 miles were up Italy's West Coast, followed by 15 miles over the thinnest tip of the Apennines and a hundred miles across the Po River Valley. (All numbers close estimates.) The first 40 or 50 miles into the Alpine Pass is all Lake Shore and River Valley leading to a rough 20 miles crossing from the Aenus to the Rhine River. In that stretch, the road climbs to almost a mile above Sea Level, but it's all downhill from there! Another 400 miles to Mainz [Mogontiacum]. Another hundred or so to Cologne [Ara Ubiorum]. Another 65-ish to Xanten [Vetera].
Over half the trip to Cologne was downhill along the Rhine and over a third of it was flat along Italy's coast! There seems to be less than 30 miles of really steep climbing the whole way. My estimate for the trip in 14 AD is 978 miles from Rome to Ara Ubiorum. The long downhill parts more than cancel out the uphill, so if the Imperial Coach changed horses at every stop they could easily average 30 miles a day.
Departing from Rome early on September 18th, the carriage might expect to reach Germanicus at Cologne in about 32 days, and thus on October 20th. Barbara Levick puts them in camp no earlier than the 7th, which would make a twenty day trip at 49 miles a day. That's normal for Imperial Dispatch, but awfully quick for Senators in a Coach. Much later, though, and it's hard to squeeze in the next chain of events. Much later, too, and it's hard to squeeze in the previous chain of events. Maybe that long stretch down the Rhine was a bigger speed bonus than I can guess.
I'll leave it to others to work with the Peutinger Tables and Milestone inscriptions. They probably have. I'm sure the hard facts and numbers are in some Library somewhere. For now, I'm satisfied with my Barrington Atlas and these close estimates of the terrain. This is good enough for my reconstruction on 14 AD.
One last note – I'd much rather travel north on that road than south! Wouldn't you? When Tiberius walked in front of Drusus' coffin – on foot – all the way back from the Elbe, it must have been 500 miles of gradual, consistent uphill climbing all the way! And knowing Tiberius, he'd be just that rare sort of man with the patience to see it through slowly.
Sometime soon I'll have to go back and review 9 BC more closely, with these parameters. The timing of Drusus' funeral is important to explaining why Nicolas of Damascus didn't get a second chance to see Augustus that fall or winter. [And why a census of Israel as punishment to Herod was probably ordered before further info would have prevented it.] Point: A long, slow walk home for Tiberius makes a late funeral that much more likely, which is key, since Nicolas probably arrived in Rome in October.
Maybe 9 BC (in the back of my head) is what's kept me from moving more quickly through this section of 14 AD.(?) Ah, well. It's always something!
And I always hope it'll be worth it. ;)
Peter Kirk said...
Bill, I may have the advantage over you in having actually travelled most of this route, although mostly by train and/or car which makes it easier! The party would have had a difficult trip from (modern) La Spezia to Genoa, where the railway is in many tunnels and the Roman road must have been hilly. Similarly from Bingen to Koblenz unless there was a riverside road through the Rhine gorge as there is now. The climb to the Alpine pass (San Bernardino?) would have been steep but probably only one or two long days' climb, followed by a steep but shorter descent to the upper Rhine valley (around Chur). But almost all the rest of the route would have been so nearly level that the slight gradient over such a long distance would have been barely noticeable on a rough road. So you shouldn't assume any significant difference in the return trip difficulty or timing.
It occurred to me that you might find Google Earth a useful tool for investigating the topography of the route. It can tell you for example the height at any point, and the average gradient of the Rhine valley from Chur to Cologne which is probably less than 1 in 500 and so hardly noticeable except by observing the flow of water.
Bill Heroman said...
the slight gradient over such a long distance would have been barely noticeable on a rough road
May-be, but did you walk it? ;)
Seriously, thanks Peter. I'll go look at the towns you mentioned to see if they're on the same route as the ancient roads. You've also given me another nudge towards Google Earth. I really need to go check that out. (It's probably much faster than the first time I tried it long ago.)


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In the Shadow of Escalation
January 26, 2023 / Mike / Leave a comment
Germany's reversal on its decision to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, and the Biden administration's follow up announcement that the US will also ship a contingent of M-1 Abrams tanks has raised eyebrows and caused concern across the globe. NATO sending armor to the Ukraine has been considered a red line since the start of the war in Ukraine almost a year ago. The fear was that such a move is almost certain to bring with it a substantial risk of escalation. That concern proved to be a main reason Berlin was initially reluctant to make its Leopard 2 tanks available to Kiev. But in the face of allied pressure and a changing dynamic on the ground in Ukraine, Germany decided providing Leopard 2s was worth the perceived risk. Great Britain drew the same conclusion a few days earlier and the United States has followed suit. The events going on over the last thirty-six hours make it clear NATO's strategy for Ukraine is shifting to an 'escalate to deescalate' track. The problem with this is that Russia appears to be doing much of the same.
With winter having transformed the fighting in Ukraine into a stalemate, Russia is digging in and making preparations for a spring offensive. Which means that between now and spring, Russia and NATO will be racing to make their respective arrangements. For NATO this means getting Ukrainian tank crews trained to proficiency and the new armor integrated into Ukrainian units in time to help blunt the coming Russian offensive. Russia, on the other hand, will be rushing to get its dispositions and resupply efforts complete in time to launch the offensive on its terms and seize the initiative.
Between now and spring, the conflict will enter the shadow of escalation. Essentially, this is a critical stage where perception and misperception of the opposing side's intentions and strategic objectives will determine the next direction the war will take. As we've seen many times over the past eleven months, the behavior of Russia has not been as centralized, coordinated or planned as the West anticipated. The imposing of heavy economic sanctions failed to deter Putin from pressing forward with the invasion. Even larger batches of Western military and economic aid earmarked for Kiev also did not convince him that war was a bad idea. Putin and Russia have not responded as anticipated. The West misperceived Putin and the effect its actions would have.
In turn, Putin's misperceptions of the West, predominantly of NATO and the United States, contributed greatly to the less-than-attractive position the Russians are presently in. The overall unity NATO has demonstrated in the face of Soviet aggression has transcended all pre-war predictions. Ukraine's performance on the battlefield helped to keep the alliance from writing off Kiev as a lost cause. Putin and Russian military leaders also grossly underestimated how well the military would fight, a near fatal misperception of Russian power and one which continues to haunt Russia on a regular basis.
In the shadow of escalation phase watch for the West and Russia to try and reassess their perceptions of the other's intentions and behavior. For Russia, NATO's commitment to send armor to Ukraine has served to fulfill Putin's argument that NATO is an active combatant in the war. This could give him some relief on the domestic front with a resurgence of popular support, rendering the burgeoning anti-Putin faction in the Russian government stillborn. The West, in turn, needs to prioritize determining Putin's most probable courses of action in the event the offensive comes up short of its objectives. More to the point, how might Putin respond if the newly arrived armor from Germany, the United States and Great Britain plays a key role in blunting his spring offensive?
The Ukraine War In Early 2023
January 4, 2023 / Mike / Leave a comment
In the opinion of most experts, diplomats and talking heads across the globe, the Ukrainian War will come to a conclusion at some point in the next twelve months. On this point I am in agreement. However, it is fair to remember that a year ago around this time there was a divide in opinion about whether Vladimir Putin would order an invasion of Ukraine. Even more worthy of recollection is the rather somber fact that just about every single prediction put forward about the scope, shape and timeline of Russia's invasion was thoroughly incorrect. My own included and misery, as they say, loves company. 😊
Here we are now in January, 2023 with the war continuing on down a path unforeseen twelve months ago. The question of 'How is the war going to end?' continues to crop up regularly in the first days of this new year. The collection of responses are every bit as varied and colorful as were the answers to the January, 2022 query of 'will Russia invade?' And in all likelihood, these responses will be nowhere near as accurate.
Barring a complete change of heart by Kiev and Moscow, the Ukraine War will be decided on the battlefield. The diplomatic avenue continues to be explored but with each side placing terms and conditions on negotiations that the other side views as beyond the bounds of possibility. Therefore, the war will be decided on the battlefield. With Ukrainian forces being better equipped and highly motivated, it is expected they will attempt to keep up pressure on Russian forces in Donbas and perhaps also in areas of southern Ukraine. Russian forces, on the other hand, appear to be using the winter pause to build up supplies and incorporate new troops in preparation for a spring offensive. Of the 300,000 Russian reservists mobilized in summer and fall of 2022, three quarters of them are in training for 2023. When they arrive at the front in great numbers more indications of a coming spring offensive will become visible.
For Ukraine, disruption needs to be centerpiece of its military strategy through the remainder of the winter months. Kiev has to buy time for additional arms and supplies to arrive from the West. The best way to create time and throw off the Russian timetable for spring is to keep up the pressure on the ground in Donbas.
Ukraine Update: 26 December, 2022
December 26, 2022 / Mike / Leave a comment
Over Christmas weekend there have been indications of both Russia and Ukraine at the very least signaling a willingness to open sincere negotiations with the other side. But only under specific sets of circumstances. In an interview aired on Christmas Day, Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed he is ready to negotiate with 'all parties engaged in the Ukraine War' however, the Ukrainian government and its Western supporters have refused to consider peace talks. "We are ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions, but that is up to them – we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, they are," Putin said in the interview.
Today, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said his nation wants to chair a so-called 'peace summit' at the United Nations in February, 2023. He suggested that the UN secretary general could mediate the conference, but then went on to apply a caveat to Russia's participation in a peace summit: Russia would be included only if it faces a war crimes tribunal in an international court. Since the chances of Moscow agreeing to this term are basically non-existent, don't expect to see Russia and Ukraine sitting down to discuss peace at any point in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, a second attempted Ukrainian drone attack on an airbase deep inside of Russian territory appears to have taken place. The Russian defense ministry reported that air defense forces in and around the Engels Airbase engaged and destroyed a drone near the base. But unfortunately, falling debris killed three servicemembers. Engels is a major Russian bomber base that was supposedly targeted by the Ukrainian military earlier in December. Neither the Ukrainian government or armed forces have admitted being behind the attack, but military spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said the explosions were the result of what Russia was doing on Ukrainian soil.
Henry Kissinger's Call For Peace Finds No Support From Kiev (Kyiv)
The Ukrainian government has been dismissive of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's call for a negotiated settlement to the Russia-Ukraine war. Kissinger said peace needs to be pursued with determination and sincerity in order to minimize the risk of this conflict escalating to a major war or worse. In an article printed in The Spectator magazine Kissinger wrote, "The time is approaching to build on the strategic changes which have already been accomplished and to integrate them into a new structure towards achieving peace through negotiation. A peace process should link Ukraine to NATO, however expressed. The alternative of neutrality is no longer meaningful."
Kiev did not waste time voicing opposition to the proposal. "Mr. Kissinger still has not understood anything … neither the nature of this war, nor its impact on the world order," Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said in a digital release. "Henry Kissinger calls for cease-fire along borders prewar 2/24 with Russia disgorging its conquests and negotiations on territory seized in 2014. What Kissinger doesn't allow for are politics on both sides making this idea impossible now, maybe never."
Podolyak is correct to an extent. Russia is not going to voluntarily give up the territory it has gained since February or negotiate on the future of Crimea. Nor will Ukraine concede any amount of its soil presently under Russian control. This preordains any negotiations aimed at reaching peaceful settlement to certain failure. The diplomatic front is every bit as stalemated as the battlefield in Ukraine at this point.
Unfortunately, my free time is limited this afternoon but over the Christmas vacation I can find time to examine Kissinger's statements in greater detail. As for the next update, we will look at China's looming COVID wave and the consequences of Xi Jinping's Zero-COVID retreat.
Russia Launches Heaviest Missile Strikes Against Targets Across Ukraine
October 10, 2022 / Mike / Leave a comment
Russia wasted little time in responding to Ukraine's "terrorist attack" against the Kerch Strait Bridge. Early this morning Russian forces executed a well-coordinated and massive missile strike against targets across Ukraine. "This morning, a massive high-precision strike was conducted on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, military command, and communications," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a video address to his security advisors. "In case Ukrainian terrorist attacks continue on Russian territory, our response will be tough and proportional." Infrastructure and military targets were struck from Kiev (Kyiv) to Lvov. Over fifteen Ukrainian cities were struck this morning.
Despite Putin's claims that the targets were military and infrastructure, the Ukrainian government says otherwise. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy said in a video posted to social media that the Russians are "Choosing targets to harm as many people as possible."
There could be some truth to this. However, Zelenskiy has a well-known penchant for exaggeration. Civilian infrastructure and communications nodes are legitimate targets of war. Ukraine's own attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge took place at a moment when there appeared to be civilian traffic going across the span. This did not make the bridge any less of a legitimate target.
The attacks, mostly carried out by cruise missiles, have resulted in large-scale power and communications outages around Ukraine. Air raid warnings went off through the day, sending Ukrainian citizens to basements and bomb shelters in scenes reminiscent of the war's first days. It is not clear if today's strikes will be followed up by further attacks in the coming days and hours. Putin promises proportionate responses to future attacks on Russian soil, so at first look these missile attacks look to be a one-day affair. Yet if Russia senses real success building as a result of today's action, expect to see similar strikes in the near future.
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On Monday 26 September, the University of Gloucestershire in partnership with the Football Association will launch the country's first University Football Referee Scholarship.The first recipient of the scholarship, a Hay-on-Wye based Bulls fan, will be presented at the University's Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care at the Oxstalls Campus in Gloucester. Vice Chancellor and Principal, Dame Janet Trotter will be handing over the essential tools for the job - a whistle and a red card to the trainee. She will be will be joined by Janie Frampton and Roger Vaughan, both Regional Referee Managers with the Football Association. Also present will be Colin Harris from the FA District Referee Association, and FA referee instructor, Jim Harding who will act as a mentor to the trainee.The FA and University Football Referee Scholarship will operate alongside the Rugby Referee Scholarship, which was launched last year. It is intended that the two scholars will work closely on SAQ (speed, agility and quickness) and fitness and endurance as well as the academic study required for a degree in Sports Science.Assistant Director of Sport, Daniel Murphy commented:"This is an exciting new venture, that will give every opportunity to the scholar for the enhancement and progression of not only their refereeing aspirations, but also for academic achievement. The components of the scholarship coupled with the expertise of staff input will not only benefit refereeing, but the game in general. The University of Gloucestershire hopes this is the first of many such opportunities."


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For those of you who haven't done a lot of hiking or survival training, you may not be familiar with the term GORP. In general, nuts and seeds pack approximately a walloping 6 calories and 0.3 grams of protein per gram, which is 2,721 calories and 136 grams of protein per pound! Depending on your choice of gorp (assuming you're not a purist who sticks with just raisins and peanuts), this may fluctuate a little from those numbers but keeping the majority of your gorp as seeds and nuts will give you a LOT of calories and grams of protein per pound you carry – and it's a lot easier to pack since you can just put it into a baggie and fit it into any open spot in your pack.
Now, for a little variety to make it taste better, and also to give you some more nutrition, most people will add a few other things to their gorp. For the best-tasting gorp (and most foods in general), you want a mix of salty, sweet, tart, savory, and fatty flavors.
Dry Roasted Sunflower Seed Kernels. These are not only another really healthy addition, they add a nice twist to the nutty flavor. Some people like to add chocolate but I live in the desert and chocolate doesn't work really well. So, by getting your own ingredients and putting it together, you can not only save money, save space in your pack, and cut down on the weight you have to carry, you can make yourself a snack that isn't just not bad for you – it's actually good for you!
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That stuff can really help you cut down weight in your pack and still let you carry what you need – as well as help you learn what you ACTUALLY need.
Your overall amount of protein and calories per gram will depend on exactly what you add and the percentage of overall food that is nuts and seeds but it's still going to crush typical survival food as far as nutritional value per pound. When you get that all balanced correctly, it makes a good-tasting meal a great-tasting meal.
This gives you a lot of protein and calories from the nuts as well as some salty-sweetness. You can also just use cocoa powder instead but cacao is processed differently, has more health benefits, and tastes pretty much the same. A couple of dashes of this will not only give it that kick that's set off by the sweetness and especially the cacao, it's a natural appetite-suppressant and has a lot more really great health benefits. I just toss it in a large bowl, add a bunch of each, taste it, then add more of whatever it needs until it comes out just right.
A prime reason I chose my home was because it had a Water Well, a key item in maintaining independence from outside resource. By choosing your food carefully, you can maximize the amount of calories and protein per ounce and per cubic inch.
It stands for Good Ol' Raisins and Peanuts, but it can also stand for "granola, oats, raisins, and peanuts", or "grapes, oranges, raisins and peanuts" or "gobs of raw protein".
In fact, I actually had to make more gorp after writing this article so I could get a good picture because I ended up eating half of my stash as I wrote. If you're out in the woods for a while and don't have a lot of food, it's nice to have something that keeps you from getting hunger pangs, distracting you from what you need to be focusing on.
Then I scoop out a bit and put it into a couple of Ziploc Double Zipper Heavy Duty Quart Freezer Bags with whatever amount I want to carry.
Spreading it out into 2-3 bags not only allows you to pack it easier, it lets you keep one bag for easy-to-reach snacking. This stuff tastes so good I even keep it on my desk to snack on while I'm working (which is shown in the main pic above). It also takes up a LOT less space than the 18 packs of beef stew would to get the same amount of calories.
Just watch if you do end up eating this stuff when you're not out there expending a lot of calories traipsing around the woods with your backpack because these calories add up quickly.
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Industry News Round-Up: Apple Music Discount, Social Media is Hurting Musicians, & More
Social media is affecting musicians' mental health. Is it affecting yours? Would you purchase the rights to Prince's first song for half-million dollars?
Lennon Cihak
Social media may be causing more harm than good, according to study.
The ability for anybody to access any song they've ever heard at an instant is here. We live in a world where instant gratification runs rampant, but sometimes it's at the cost of the wrong people. Those are the people that we depend on for fresh new music every day, week, month, and year.
Any musician anywhere can bounce out a song and upload it to SoundCloud, Bandcamp, YouTube, or whichever music streaming service they prefer. However, like aforementioned, this can be taxing to their mental health. Thankfully, mental health services and care--specifically for musicians--are becoming more accessible.
A study performed by Sally Gross, a music industry professional who's now a principal lecturer in University of Westminster, London's Music Management graduate program, and Dr. George Musgrave called "Can Music Make You Sick?" details the alarming effects that often affect musicians' mental health.
"Social media and the democratization of the distribution of music, which so many people see as an amazing new frontier, had me thinking, 'Hang on a minute, what is going to happen to all these people?'" -Sally Gross
Dr. Musgrave is also an at instructor the University of Westminster, London's MA program. The study was commissioned by Help Musicians UK and is currently under Richard Robinson's leadership. The organization helps musicians through crisis, including mental health.
This study concluded that large amounts of musicians suffer from depression and anxiety. In fact, musicians are three times more likely to be plagued with depression than the general public. "Musicians feel there are gaps in existing provisions and that something needs to change," the study reads.
You can read the full study on FactMag.
Apple Music greatly expands its student discount membership.
The never-ending struggle of being a "broke college student" is real (trust me). When all you want is to enjoy some ad-free, high quality music, you're daunted with the choice of whether you want to eat ramen noodles this month or pay for the Apple Music subscription. Apple has made this choice a little easier for those enrolled in an eligible college or university.
The streaming service--which only equates to about half of Spotify's subscribers--is now available in countries like Poland, Portugal, Taiwan, Philippines, Israel, and Malaysia. It boasts a catalog of 45 million songs and is available in 115 countries.
Students who are enrolled in an eligible college or university will be able to take advantage of this 50% off discount for Apple Music for up to four years.
Chris Moon is selling a piece of Prince's 'Soft and Wet' copyright on eBay.
Chris Moon, Prince's producer and lyricist for his first track "Soft and Wet," has put up an eBay auction to sell a section of the "Soft and Wet" copyright. This is Prince's first-ever track from his 1978 debut, For You.
With a listing price of $490,000, this isn't a project anybody can be credited on. However, Moon will ponder the best offer, though it's not likely to fall into the affordable price point for the average joe, unfortunately.
Moon stated to the Star Tribune that "anyone who buys this probably shouldn't be doing it for financial purposes. It's more about owning one of the unique collectibles ever related to Prince. I have enjoyed hearing the song countless times over the years, been paid well, and am proud of it."
A collector with deep pockets may make an offer to Moon's listing, as this is Prince's first ever song and one that aided in the launch to his international stardom and revolution of music as we know it today.
It will be interesting to see what the final offer will be and who co-owns the track alongside Prince.
Check out the listing here.
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For years I've had many of my genealogy files in 3-ring binders. I've had a set of 3 binders for the surname of each of my great-grandparents (8 total sets). Each surname had a specific color code for the labels on the notebooks. Each of the 3 binders: Genealogical Record Book (family group sheets, etc.), Documents, Photographs. As a notebook filled, I added more notebooks. For one surname I have 38 binders. For years I've thought this was the ONLY way to organize my genealogy.
I had lots of shelving space. As I've gotten more stuff and didn't have time to add it to the notebooks, my shelves became overloaded with boxes and piles in addition to the binders.
THEN, along came some time to sort and organize! That was when I realized that future generations aren't going to care about notebooks of land records, cemetery records, census records, military records, etc.
It FINALLY clicked that future generations are going to ask questions about people, not records. No wonder I've been assembling a collection of filing cabinets. Did you know that filing cabinets are a more efficient use of space than 3-ring binders?
I am organizing my files by surname and names within the surname in birth order. I've set the tabs for each generation in a different position moving across the hanging folders and color-highlighted the names according to generation. I can open a drawer and easily see birth order for everyone in each generation.
I'm not done, but I have files established for each surname and I have been emptying the binders into the files. I've also been tackling many of the piles and boxes. My strategies: 1) work on the easiest first, and 2) keep plugging away.
When I am ready to enter information into my genealogy program, I hope to have nearly everything for each person in their file.
As I was driving the 2+ miles to visit my mother in the memory unit where she resides, I happened across several items placed along the curb with a big "FREE" sign. Included were four 4-drawer HON steel filing cabinets! I immediately called my husband and he lost no time jumping in his pickup and retrieving the filing cabinets. Thus, I got sidetracked: the rest of my day has centered around reorganizing my storeroom, moving those filing cabinets into it and thinking about what to put in them.
For the record… we now have three 2-drawer filing cabinets and eleven 4-drawer cabinets primarily devoted to genealogy/family history. Most likely, they will all be full by next spring! I'd like to be done with the majority of my sorting/tossing/organizing by then. I cannot overemphasize the enormity of this project!
Today, my husband claimed one of the cabinets for his genealogy!


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Q: LVM: How to clone multi-disk encrypted logical volume? I'm running Arch Linux. I want to clone a 2 disk encrypted logical volume in a single volume group (LUKS on LVM). There is a slight catch. I want to swap some of the drives.
I have:

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*VG1: LV: PV(OldDrive1) + PV(OldDrive2)

sda (OldDrive1)
    -vg1-luks_encrypted_lv
sdb (OldDrive2)
    -vg1-luks_encrypted_lv

I have two other drives (NewDrive1 and NewDrive2). I want to create a VG2 that is a clone of VG1. However, I want to swap some drives around. So I want:

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*VG1: LV: PV(OldDrive1) + PV(NewDrive1)

*VG2: LV: PV(OldDrive2) + PV(NewDrive2)

sda (OldDrive1)
    -vg1-luks_encrypted_lv
sdb (OldDrive2)
    -vg2-cloned_luks_encrypted_lv
sdc (NewDrive1)
    -vg1-luks_encrypted_lv
sdd (NewDrive2)
    -vg2-cloned_luks_encrypted_lv

My current plan is to clone each drive. I was previously thinking about using dd, but after some reading maybe I need to use pvmove?:

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*OldDrive1 -> NewDrive1

*OldDrive2 -> NewDrive2

Could I then just swap the physical drives in LVM, because the drives are bit-by-bit clones? I'm worried I'm missing something. How would I incorporate the news drives into the LV? I would appreciate some advice, because I don't want to lose any data. Thanks.

Edit:
@telcoM 's answer worked very well. Thank you very much. I used the on-line method. If anyone wants to do something similar there are few things worth noting.
On Step 7:
The lvconvert -m default is now raid1, not lvm's own mirror system. Read man lvconvert for more details. Since I wanted to immediately split the mirror, it was much easier to just use the lvm's legacy mirror with the mirrorlog stored in memory:
lvconvert --type mirror -m +1 --mirrorlog core vg1/luks_encrypted_lv OldDrive2 NewDrive2
Just remember that --mirrorlog core puts the mirrorlog in memory. So don't turn off your computer before running lvconvert --splitmirrors or you will lose your mirrorlog file.
On Step 9:
Before you do vgsplit you need to unmount the filesystem and deactivate the logical volume.
On Step 11:
Most people probably realize this, but you need to assign a UUID to $uuid before you run cryptsetup luksUUID --uuid $(uuid) /dev/mapper/VG2-LVx. Run something like uuid=$(uuidgen) first.

A: "Need" is a strong word - there is more than one way to achieve what you want.
With pvmove, you could do it on-line, while the encrypted LV is in use.
1.) pvcreate NewDrive1
2.) vgextend VG1 NewDrive1
3.) pvmove OldDrive2 (means effectively: "move any LVM-allocated extents from OldDrive2 to any other drive(s) in VG1 so that OldDrive2 becomes completely unallocated, if possible." This will take some time: you might want to run it within a screen/tmux session with a -verbose option.)
4.) Use pvs or pvdisplay OldDrive2 to make sure OldDrive2 is now completely unallocated.
5.) pvcreate NewDrive2
6.) vgextend VG1 NewDrive2
7.) for every LV in VG1: lvconvert -m +1 VG1/LVx OldDrive2 NewDrive2 ("create a mirror from VG1/LVx, allocating space for the mirror from OldDrive2 and NewDrive2"). If there is no space for on-disk mirror log, you might need to use --mirrorlog core option here.
8.) once mirrors are in sync, for every LV in VG1: lvconvert --splitmirrors 1 --name LVcopyx VG1/LVx OldDrive2 NewDrive2 ("Split off one mirror of LVx located on OldDrive2 and/or NewDrive2 and name it "LVcopyx" to avoid a name conflict.)
9.) vgsplit VG1 VG2 OldDrive2 NewDrive2 ("Split OldDrive2 and NewDrive2 off VG1, taking their LVs with them, and name the resulting new VG as VG2.")
10.) for every LV in VG2: lvrename VG2 LVcopyx LVx to restore the original LV name(s), now that the copies have been separated into their own VG and there is no more conflict. You now have a new VG2 that contains copies of VG1's LVs as they existed at the point of splitting the LV mirrors at step 8.).
11.) Before actually using VG2, you'll need vgchange -ay VG2, and then cryptsetup luksUUID --uuid $(uuid) /dev/mapper/VG2-LVx to give it an unique UUID distinct from its VG1 counterpart, and once you have unlocked the encryption, you should also give the filesystem inside it a new UUID too. For BtrFS, this is vital (btrfstune -u /dev/mapper/VG2-LVx-crypt); for other filesystems this is essentially just a convenience so that UUID-based mounting will work.

If you can have the VG off-line and can unplug/re-plug disks, you could also:
1.) Unmount, cryptsetup luksClose and de-activate the VG (vgchange -an VG1). To avoid unwanted auto-activation at boot or hot-plug time, also mark it as exported (vgexport VG1).
2.) Clone the drives as you planned.
3.) Unplug drives so that the system will only see OldDrive2 and NewDrive2. If your hardware allows doing it hot, use echo 1 > /sys/block/<device name>/device/delete for a graceful hot-unplug.
4.) Boot the system or run vgscan after a graceful hot-unplug. Then import and rename the VG: vgimport VG1, then vgrename VG1 VG2. Use vgchange --uuid VG2 to give the new VG2 a new identity distinct from the old VG1, and use pvchange --uuid OldDrive2 and pvchange --uuid NewDrive2 to do the same at the PV level. After importing and renaming, remember that you'll need to activate the VG before you can mount it or do any other operations to it: vgchange -ay VG2.
5.) After activating the VG, use cryptsetup luksUUID --uuid=$(uuid) /dev/mapper/VG2-LVx to do give the LUKS container a distinct new identity, and after unlocking the encryption, use a filesystem-specific tool to do the same at the filesystem level too. (this is especially important for BtrFS: btrfstune -u /dev/mapper/VG2-LVx-crypt)
6.) Now you can plug OldDrive1 and NewDrive1 back in (use vgscan if you hot-plug), and vgimport VG1 "again", and activate it with vgchange -ay VG1. You now have two fully separate VGs you can use as you see fit.

A: if you are able to close the LUKS container during the dd clonig, the steps could be as follows:

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*add NewDrive1 to VG1

*use "pvmove OldDrive2 NewDrive1"

*remove OldDrive2 from VG1

*create VG2 using OldDrive2 + NewDrive2

*create your desired LV on VG2

*use dd VG1/LV -> VG2/LV

if you plan to use both copies on the same machine you will also have to change the UUID of the LUKS container and the containing filesystem! thanks to @telcoM for pointing that out!

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F1 title fight could take big swing in U.S and Mexico
By JIM VERTUNO - Oct. 21, 2021 06:07 PM EDT
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, walks to a news conference before the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Grand Prix is not a must-win race for Lewis Hamilton, and the seven-time champion brushed off such a suggestion Thursday even as he trails Max Verstappen in the title fight and his rival should be favored at Mexico City in the next round.
Verstappen is a two-time winner in Mexico City, where Formula One races Nov. 7 and the Red Bull team has been dominant. But up first is Sunday's race at the Circuit of the Americas and Hamilton, who calls COTA his "happy hunting ground" because he's won five times in Texas, trails Verstappen by six points in the standings.
"It's important to win every race somehow, you know, maximizing our points, that's our goal over these next six races," Hamilton said Thursday. "It's going to be incredibly difficult and there will be moments where we can perhaps edge (Red Bull) out. I don't like to assume that Mexico is not going to be strong but they are usually very strong in Mexico."
Formula One returns to North America its next two rounds for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Races in Austin and Mexico City were canceled last year, and Montreal is set to return next year for the first time since 2019.
The series comes back now with a thrilling title fight between upstart Verstappen and the superstar Hamilton. He clinched his 2015 and 2019 titles at COTA and Hamilton has won in five of F1's eight races at the track.
Verstappen, a seven-time winner this season, hasn't won at COTA but has been good. His sensational drive in the rain to fourth as a 17-year-old rookie with Toro Rosso in 2015 unveiled his potential as a championship contender.
He finished second in 2018 and third in 2019, but now he and Red Bull are in the champion lead.
Teammates could play a huge role Sunday.
Valtteri Bottas drove his Mercedes to victory ahead of Verstappen in Turkey two weeks, and won in Austin in 2019 from pole position. Red Bull will need Sergio Perez running near the front to help Verstappen keep pressure on both Mercedes drivers.
AMERICAN EXPANSION
Most of the drivers praised the decade of growth of F1 in the U.S. and the addition of next year's Miami Grand Prix, the first of a 10-year plan to race in south Florida.
The announced 2022 calendar includes 23 races with two U.S. stops, at Austin and Miami. But there's been talk of adding a third race, in Las Vegas, and drivers joked a weekend in Sin City might be more than some could handle.
"I had a big weekend in Las Vegas," Bottas said. "After that, I said 'Never again.' I would be happy enough to go back. It was many years ago, so I've recovered. Honestly, having more races in the U.S. would be a good thing."
Hamilton loves both New York City and Hawaii, and said Thursday he will retire to Hawaii. He supports expansion in U.S, but lobbied for a race in South Africa.
"The place that I really feel is to my heart and most important for me, is to get a race back in South Africa. I think we got a great following out there, and I think it would be great to be able to highlight just how beautiful the motherland is," Hamilton said.
Lance Stroll, a Canadian who drives for Aston Martin, wondered if there's a limit to how many races should be on the F1 schedule.
"There needs to be a limit of how many races we have in a a season," Stroll said. "If we start pushing the number we currently have, it becomes tough for everybody, for mechanics, for engineers, everyone has families back home.
"More races in the States would be good, I just think Formula One has to have a limited amount of races. It can't get out of hand."
Formula One released the results of a global fan survey with Nielsen and Motorsport Network. Fans said McLaren is their favorite team and McLaren driver Lando Norris was the most popular among female fans.
The award seemed to embarrass the 21-year-old British driver when told about it Thursday.
Verstappen was rated the sport's most popular driver overall, with a strong following in the U.S. and Japan.
"My life is complete. That's what I always wanted and can happily retire," Verstappen quipped.
Not so fast, said McLaren driver and Verstappen's former Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo: "Actually, only 12 people voted."
"Probably all my friends," Verstappen said. "I'm here to win races. Its great there are 12 people out there who like me."
SHOOTING HOOPS
Many of the drivers took part in a free throw shooting challenge as a race weekend tie-in with the NBA for the league's 75th anniversary. The drivers found themselves head-to-chest with former NBA forward Dikembe Mutombo.
Verstappen's form looked like he'd never held a basketball before. Williams driver George Russell admitted he hadn't. He went 0-of-10 from the line.
"It was pretty embarrassing," said Russell, who is tall for a Formula One driver at 6-foot-1. "It was the first time I've been with a group of people where I looked small."
NASCAR DREAMS
Ricciardo on Saturday is scheduled to drive the late Dale Earnhardt's iconic 1984 No. 3 Wrangler Chevrolet Monte Carlo, his reward from McLaren boss Zak Brown for winning his first race with the team. The car is the original and now part of Brown's collection.
Ricciardo arrived at the track dressed in full western wear -- bolo and big belt included -- and the Australian attempted to use an accent that sounded part-Cowboy and part-NASCAR. "Boogity, Boogity, Boogity," he even drawled.
AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer contributed.
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Q: Sum of representations of associative algebras It is well known that if $L$ is a Lie algebra and $\rho, \mu: L \to \mathrm{End}^{(-)}(V)$ are its representations then if $[\rho(x),\mu(y)]=0$ for all $x,y\in L$, then $\rho+\mu$ is a new representions of $L$. In particular we get that for two $L$-modules $M_1,M_2$, the set $M_1\otimes M_2$ is a $L$-module where $(a\otimes b) \cdot x:= a\cdot x \otimes b + a \otimes b\cdot x$.
Assume now that we have an associative algebra $A$ and two representations $\rho, \mu: A \to \mathrm{End}(V)$. Suppose that $\rho(x)\mu(y) + \mu(x)\rho(y) = 0$ for all $x,y\in A$. Then $\rho+\mu$ is a new representation of $A$. And then, if the $A$ is considered over a field of characteristic $2$ and let $M_1$, $M_2$ be left and right $A$-modules, respectively. Then $M_1\otimes M_2$ is an $A$-bimodule with the same action as in Lie case. Is this correct? N. Jacobson in his book ``Lie Algebras'' (I.6) wrote Nothing like this (as in Lie case) holds in the associative case.